Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-28
FROM AUSTIN.
Record for the Week OF the Doing
OF the Lawmakers Of
the State.
Bills Passed and Bills Propcsed-work
Good, Bad and ndifferent-Eotes,
Gossip and Chatter.

AUSTIN, TEX, jan. 23.-There has been
q conference between a committee OF the
house. composed of Messrs. McGsughey,
Johnson and Garwood, aud C. C. Wilson,
representing the assembly CT Knights Of
Labor now in session in the city, to ad-
wise as to the practibtlity of creating a
burea of agriculture and labor statistics.
4 bill has been introduced IN the house
and is now being considered by the COM
mittee on insurance, statistics and histo-
ry, providing for bureau of agriculture,
one of the duties of which shall be 20 Sc
cure as full statistics on agricultural sf-
fairs as possible. Walter Gresham OF
Galveston is d member of the committee,
and will offer an amendment to the DILL to
have the proposed bureau cover labor sta
tistics also. An invitation has been eX-
tended to leading knights of Labor now
in Austin as delegates to the meeting of
District Assembly No. IS, to
meet sub-mittee, OF which
Mr.. McGaugheY is chairman,
ard give their views on the labor statis-
tics part of the bureau, and what its
powers and work should be. Mr. Gresham
stated to THE GAZETTE correspondent 20
night that on the expression of these
views he will base the provisions of his
amendment, AS he is anxious that the labor.
ing element should be satisfied, and thinks
the proposed bureau, if properly created
and good labor statistics feature is en-
bodied in twill do much to avert trouble
between railroad companies and theiI
employees.
TIE GAZETTE correspondent sounded
Mr.. Gresham on Senator Harrison's anti
strike and anti-Wages reduction and dis
charge bill.
Mr.. Gre sham, who is member OF the
house railroad committee, said: II am
afraid the bill is impracticabLe. l don't
say that l am opposed to it, for I may
change my mind concerning it, but from
my present light l don't believe it is a
practicable measure. You see when g
company has hundreds OF thousands OF
men in their employ, with property and
also the ives of people 10 look after, il
can not afford to let the employees run
things to suit themselves. Things have
to be managed by q practical sys EN-, and
sudden changes of employees and policies
are often absolutely necessary
Mr.. Gresham has introduced bill in
the house making it felony for any one
to maliciously kill railroad engine He
stated to THE GAZETTE correspondent
that he announced during his canvass
when running for the legislature to dele
cations of Knights of Labor that, whether
they supported him or not, if elected he
would do all IN his power to have engine
kill ng made felony. and he proposes
doing his best to have this Legislature
pass such law.
The sessions of the Kniahts of Labor
delegates representing District Assembly
No. IS the past week, have not been
altogether as serene as summer sun
beam. \ few troublous ripples, almost
of the size OF breakers, have rolled over
the surface of prOCee diugs in the shape of
vigorous kicks at certain policies and the
personnel of the powers that be. 1t is
known that at one time these sChlsmS
came near eliminating in an open sir
rupture on the basis of demand for the
dividing up of District No. IS on
congressional district lines, on the ground
that the vast area embraced in the dis
trict makes it unruly for management and
Unfair, in 8 measure, in the conduct
of aft iirs. The local assemblies
of Dallas, Houston and Galveston
were the most outspOken i'll their state
nents OF grievances and desired TO be
permitted to Withdraw from District
Assembly IS, but when the vote was
taken they were overwhelmingly out
voted and the principle of Quilted we
stand, divided we fall" was potent and
prevailed. \ peace was subsequently
arranged and the vote to continue on as
heretofore made unanimous. 1t is
learned that one of the results
of the rUcton has been the making of
radical changes in the executive COard,
the old members being virtually shut out,
and the reorganization made as follows
J. l. w. Low of Austin; II. II. White
head of Galveston; j. Hartong of Hous-
ton, and W. L. Farmer of MineOla. A
legislative committee of three members,
it is said, was appointed, as follows:
Wilson of Terrell; Stewart of Sherman,
and Haux of Austin. These representa-
tives are to remain at Austin during the
session of the legislature to watch after
the interests OF labor, receive petitions
and make suggestions as to S lutOry
measures to be enacted TO Keep harmOni
Gus relations between employer and en-
plOye. II is learned from trustworthy
sources that the order has emerged from
the cruciole of tribulations OF
the past two years in better shape
than it was ever in before, and has profit
ed by experience and the Christening OF
the rod. A leading Knight puts it to
The GAZETTE correspondent in this
fashion: owe have struck bottom in our
troubles and are on the upgrade. The
hot-headed element has been shown the
error of their ways and the con-
sentative policy of PowderIy is to-
day stronger in all the local as
semblies forming District Assembly IS
thSn it was imagined could be realized so
soon. There will not be likely to occur
a strike of any magnitude in Texas again
aud the Knights Of Labor will go for
ward in the way of intelligent action and
individual and collective prosperity"
Senator Jarvis's bill to regulate tele-
phone charges will CONG up bttoro the
committee on intertal Improvements
about the Goth. He received 8 petition
signed by leading men of FoTt Worth ask
ing him to use his efforts against
special legislation on this. Subject, IT,
petition reads: ITO Mai J. J. Jarris, Sen
ator, Austin, Tex.-The. undersigned Cit
zens of your district and users OF te!e-
phones, having been shown an exhibit
wherein it is clearly set forththatthe
Erie telegraph and Telephone Company
you'd ind it it impossible To
operate except at 8 loss should
he bill now pending become a law, /
would respectfully ask that your efforts /.
De exercised against special legislation in
,his direction" Senator Jarvis has been |
by members in both houses
or Introducing this bill, and it is censid- |
,red that there exists necessity for the |
passage of this law.
The suggestions in the message OF Gov.
Ross with reference to the existing |
Urgent necessitS for quarantine law to
'rotect the stock interests of the state
gainst the Introduction Of contagious